+INTERFACE AND SOCIETYIn our everyday life we constantly have to cope more or less successfullywith interfaces. We use the mobile phone, the mp3 player, and our laptop, inorder to gain access to the digital part of our life. In recent years thissituation has lead to the creation of new interdisciplinary subjects likeInteraction Design or Physical Computing.

Currently we live between two worlds, our physical environment and thedigital space. Technology and its digital space are our second nature andthe interfaces are our points of access to this techno sphere.

This division will dissolve into a seamless distribution of informationtechnology into most aspects of our life, advertised as ubiquitouscomputing. Immaterial information and physical objects will fuse into anInternet of Things. Our world will transform into an interface as a whole.

Since artists started working with technology they have been developinginterfaces and modes of interaction. The interface itself became an artisticthematic in its technical, social and political dimensions.

INTERFACE and SOCIETY investigates artistic strategies and practices whichdeal with and build upon the transformation of our everyday life throughinformation technology and electronic interfaces.

With the rapid technological development a thoroughly critique of theinterface towards society is necessary. The contribution of the artistthereby is relevant. S/he takes the freedom to deal with technologies beyondform, function and usability. The utilisation of an eclectic range ofstrategies and practices guaranties a diversity of results.

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Interface and Society is produced by Atelier Nord in collaboration withHenie Onstad Kunstsenter and Le Monde Diplomatique (Nordic Edition).Supported by Arts Council Norway and Freedom of Expression Foundation, Oslo.Trolleys provided by ISS Lufthavnservice AS